Month: October 2013

Our SVP 2013 virtual exhibit is open

Main events for the 2013 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting kicked off today and we're happy to join the Society in Los Angeles for its 73rd annual meeting. At the same time, we recognize both that not everyone who wanted to attend could and that many of the professionals and students attending will find it…

Michael Olesker on Charm City in the fifties

JHU Press author Michael Olesker delivered a terrific talk at Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library on October 21 about his new book, Front Stoops in the Fifties: Baltimore Legends Come of Age, which tells the stories of Jerry Leiber, Nancy Pelosi, Thurgood Marshall, Barry Levinson, and other famous Charm City personalities as they came of age during…

Michael Olesker on Charm City in the fifties

JHU Press author Michael Olesker delivered a terrific talk at Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library on October 21 about his new book, Front Stoops in the Fifties: Baltimore Legends Come of Age, which tells the stories of Jerry Leiber, Nancy Pelosi, Thurgood Marshall, Barry Levinson, and other famous Charm City personalities as they came of age during…

What does national security mean today?

Zbigniew Brzezinski last night offered his thoughts on a range of foreign policy issues, from America's place in the world today and how he would prepare an incoming president for the challenges he or she would face to the morality and efficacy of drone strikes and whether the Obama administration is handling the situation in Syria correctly.…

What does national security mean today?

Zbigniew Brzezinski last night offered his thoughts on a range of foreign policy issues, from America's place in the world today and how he would prepare an incoming president for the challenges he or she would face to the morality and efficacy of drone strikes and whether the Obama administration is handling the situation in Syria correctly.…

October news and new books

Special Discount! Enter code HDPD at checkout to receive a 30% discount on all books featured in this blog post. News and Notes / Praise and Reviews Midday with Dan Rodricks hosted Marian Moser Jones, author of The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal. Janine Barchas, author of Matters of Fact…